CVE-2017-2809
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.8
Description
An exploitable vulnerability exists in the yaml loading functionality of ansible-vault before 1.0.5. A specially crafted vault can execute arbitrary python commands resulting in command execution. An attacker can insert python into the vault to trigger this vulnerability.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | ansible-vault | <1.0.5 | 1.0.5 |
| PyPI | ansible-vault | <3f8f659ef443ab870bb19f95d43543470168ae04||<1.0.5 | 3f8f659ef443ab870bb19f95d43543470168ae04 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ansible-vault_project | ansible-vault | {"endIncluding":"1.0.4"} | |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100824
- https://github.com/tomoh1r/ansible-vault/blob/v1.0.5/CHANGES.txt
- https://github.com/tomoh1r/ansible-vault/commit/3f8f659ef443ab870bb19f95d43543470168ae04
- https://github.com/tomoh1r/ansible-vault/issues/4
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0305
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2809
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c2w9-48qc-qpj4
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible-vault/PYSEC-2017-5.yaml
- https://github.com/tomoh1r/ansible-vault
- https://web.archive.org/web/20171206173637/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100824
CWEs
CWE-94
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.